1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015646
MRDS ID DB01705
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42024, 37.26137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position 2,800 FEET NORTHEAST OF DANISH RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Signal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 014W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42024, 37.26137
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 609.6M
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 8046.5M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dixie National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 7.358HA
    Overall length 880M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 QUARRIES 1/2 MILE APART AND NO WORKING IN BETWEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site